PGDE Secondary (Home Economics)

Successful applicants must, as a minimum, meet the requirements as set by the Memorandum on Entry Requirements to Courses of Initial Teacher Education in Scotland produced by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), which specifies general entrance requirements for all applicants and subject-specific requirements for secondary applicants. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview.

The minimum entry requirements are:

A degree validated by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom (UK) or a degree of an equivalent standard from an institution outside the UK.

Applicants must have a degree with 80 SCQF credit points including 40 SCQF credit points at SCQF Level 8 (or above) from degree level study in either food, nutrition or professional cookery programmes or textile technology programmes.

The other 40 credits can come from the above or any of the other relevant areas outlined below:

Family Studies: parenting, childhood studies, family lifestyles, socioeconomic influences or environmental issues.

Food Science: food chemistry, composition of foods, processing and manufacturing of foodstuffs, functional properties of foods, biotechnology or microbiology.

Health: health promotion, health education, determinants of health, lifestyles and health, environmental issues, or health and food policies.

Professional Cookery: Practical food preparation skills, food preparation techniques, safety.

plus

A National Qualification in English at SCQF Level 6, for example:

Higher English Grade C or above

GCSE English Language and English Literature, at 4/C or above in both

and

A National Qualification in Mathematics at SCQF Level 5, for example:

Standard Grade (grade 1 or 2 only) / Int 2 / National 5 Mathematics Grade C or above

GCSE Mathematics at 4/C or above

NB: National 5 Lifeskills/Applications Mathematics is accepted in place of National 5 Mathematics.

Expected September 2026

Expected August 2026

• Edinburgh, United Kingdom